title: Psycho-social outcome of parents and young children after renal transplantation.
abstract: This cross-sectional study aims to assess whether renal transplantation in children under the age of 6 years has an effect on the child's later behaviour and eating and whether this outcome is related to differences in the levels of stress and coping skills shown by the parents. In this small sample of 14 children aged under 8 years, renal transplantation in the pre-school age range did not have any marked adverse effect on the children's emotional or behavioural state. The children's severe eating problems dramatically improved after transplant. Long-term, early tube-feeding does not impair the development of normal feeding patterns in these children. Parental stress levels were not elevated in the post-transplant period and parents tended to use passive coping strategies to manage the chronic illness in their child.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hulson
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Trompeter
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires